On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 12:21:58PM +0000, Stroller wrote:
>> Why do you suggest a 5000-series rather than the 6000 or 7000? These
> 6000- & 7000-series cards seem to be more readily available & so I
> assumed they were later models. I therefore assumed longer support
> for them in nVidia's binary drivers.
>
IIRC, the 5000 series cards have overlay support. The 6000 and later
cards don't have the overlay support, but use textures instead. With
overlay support you get a color OSD with XVMC enabled, and maybe fewer
issues.... YMMV
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